descending limb of loop of Henle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001289
The portion of the renal tubule that constitutes the proximal part of the loop of Henle, has low permeability to ions and urea, and is highly permeable to water; it consists of an initial short thick segment lined by low simple cuboidal epithelium and a long thin segment lined by simple squamous epithelium; however, this distinction is not as important physiologically as in the ascending limb, so often the two are treated as one structure. [ MP:0011341 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
Synonyms: descending limb of Henle's loop, loop of Henle descending limb
Term info
- SCTID:245350001
- FMA:17705
- EMAPA:35511
- UMLS:C0227657 (ncithesaurus:Descending_Limb_of_the_Henle_s_Loop)
- NCIT:C32456
- Wikipedia:Descending_limb_of_loop_of_henle
- MA:0001679
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Gray1128.png
descending limb
uberon
UBERON:0001289
Descending limb of loop of Henle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606